I gained a whole lot of respect for Hamed with his interview giving all the credit to Barrera winning and not making any excuses. I hate when boxers do that, or say “all the credit to him, but I was off because of...” It’s just a backhanded compliment. So when a guy that’s undefeated, cocky, and confident loses but gives an interview like that I really appreciate it.
The difference between Hamed and Wilder, is that Hamed wasn't dumb enough to ever truly believe his own bullshit. He was just having fun, and trying to psyche out the opposition, so when he eventually got beat up, he was like "oh well".
@@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin love it when someone reaches a conclusion based on nothing but his opinion and make it seem as if it is the ultimate truth.
Which is what made Sky Sports' coverage so embarrassing. They could write a book with all the excuses they gave. It's applicable to so many different fights almost solely due to the extreme bias they have towards their home-grown fighters.
Ahmed was a really tough talented elusive unique individual with a lot of upside and it's a shame that he never fought after this but what happened really in this fight was that he underestimated his opponent he underestimated the amount of power and basically the heart he had and one of the worst things I think number one was that during training Emmanuel Steward no lie my nigga I remember him saying that the prince got all the tapes of barreras fights but he only focused on watching the fights that he had lost instead of watching all the fights that he had won like WTF man at least watch the fights against the best opponents and see him at his best and see what he does well what he does better than you what he does that might affect your upside how he plays to your weaknesses how he plays to your strengths you want to watch your opponent at their best notice not watch them at their worst that's pointless loss is different but it's also the same they failed to do what they should do not every victory is completely distinct because every opponent is different and he was a smart enough fighter where he should have known that great fighters are built molded in the clash of fisticuffs and furious combat talent will have you homeless if hardwork isn't your secondary breathing apparatus but regardless of shortcomings me I think both guys should be in the Hall of Fame Barrera has more of a legacy you know he had epic wars with guys like Marquez wars with Manny Pacquiao and of course Morales and s*** but yeah be eazy my brother keep up the great I work love it live it nobody plays boxing
ricardo lopez is underrated due to his weight class so hes not mentioned in fantasy fights at all and ricardo lopez has character based off him in hajime no ippo named ricardo martinez the featherweight
Yes please! One of the most beautiful boxers of all time. And a insane KO percentage of 75 percent. 51 undefeated flyweight. Definitely one of if not the best fighters from the past few decades.
Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Hamed was an entertaining boxer, imagine both prime jones jr. and prime hamed in these era, boxing fans would lose their mind.
Great performer for England at the time BUT truth is most of his opponents on domestic scene were easy wins when it came to Barrera he was exposed most of his technique was based around southpaw angle with a cork screw upper to get in / with no jab or set up/ Conner mc Tapper does it now and if you think about it the same thing has happend to him getting caught with that technique. same with the mouth that in the end doesnt quite match the work.
@@lilstrawhat I'm glad you got to watch it man....it rly was one of my fave behind the scenes from boxing. Just goes to show you how unfocused Prince Naseem was
Thank you sir, your work is very appreciated, from Ghana west Africa. Always look forward to your work. One of the best boxing channels on RU-vid hands down.
Nice video, although bit of key insight you might consider adding/changing: There was a long delay with the ringwalks as Barrera was ready to go out. What happened? The Barrera camp got tipped off that Naz was known to cut the thumb attachment to his gloves so he can do a flip over the ropes (it is otherwise impossible). The commission caught Naz, and forced him to change gloves at the last min. Naz was then seen unhappy with the new pair, and asked his camp to re-glove his left hand. Barrera can be seen watching the live feed from Naz's dressing room at this point and his whole camp laughing. This was the actual reason Naz never did a flip again. The commission considered fining Naz for tampering with his gloves, but think they quickly dropped it in the end (being a minor infringement).
@@michaelsilverdahl2175 the HBO documentary for this fight showed a big controversy backstage surrounding the gloves and they both do switch gloves and watch each other re tape but it was never really explained why. I never heard about the thumb thing but it kinda makes sense.
I remember watching a documentary at the time, of the build up to the fight from Hamed's point of view. It was obvious from watching that, that he had surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men, whilst hardly training. It was a shame, he truly was one of the greats.
“Little Prince, Big Fight" great boxing documentary...shows just how little Prince Naseem took the fight ... Emmanuel Stewart said it all when he showed up and knew he was in trouble
You initially put me onto prince Naseem, and also told me the story of his career. I’m thrilled you made this video Hancho, you are among if not the best among RU-vid boxing channels
Yes to all of this. If you can, could you do the tale of Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas? That fight was a war from start to finish and both guys took some damage.
Who else finds it really satisfying to watch him do this 6:25 ? I’ve always loved watching people throw good combinations on the bag or doing stuff like this.
It's one of my favorite fights, you might think that it's because Naseem is really easy to hate, but I love how overwhelming the fight went in favour of Barrera. Cheers from Argentina brother, amazing work like always.
This is a fantastic & well put together production. I'm from the UK & I remember betting on this. I don't gamble but Barrera was my favourite fighter at the time, he had shades of 'Julio Cesar Chavez' who is my all time favourite fighter. Anyway.. I didn't get 3-1, maybe because I placed the bet the day of the fight? I got 2-1 at £100. The booky thought I was nuts. Hmmm! Many years later either Barrera or Morales put a tweet out with a short vid on the anniversary of their first fight of which Morales got the nod. I replied to that tweet with my opinion on who 'really' won, 'Barrera' & would you know, they both 'liked' that tweet. Yes it was them, blue tick. I replied how made up I was & what a good sport Morales was & again they, 'liked' that reply. Much respect to them both. True warriors & a credit to their country & the sport of boxing. Not sure about Naz? The jury's still out with me. Thank you fella, brilliant upload. 👍
@@Hollyfreeholly. Exactly! I remember All of it! Barerra brought true boxing back! I gained a lot of respect for Hamed for how he took the loss. His record was also impressive but someone needed to shut him up and who better than a humble Legendary Mexican!?!?
@@salvitoripopadillo4539 I was a big fan of Hamed he was cocky but exciting to watch, always had huge respect for Barrera and leading up to the fight I was even more impressed especially how he conducted himself. Couldn't understand why he was the underdog I had a feeling naz would lose. Mexico has and still is producing phenomenal boxers long may that continue Respect 🤙🇬🇧
A trainers worst nightmare *Switch Stances Constantly* *Fights with his hands down* *And super overly confident* *But has more then enough strength and talents to stacc up wins* *ENTER PRINCE NASEEM*
@@bigboris5774 if you look at naseem hameds training videos from when he was like 10 years old or something, he fought the exact same way he did as a pro. hands down dancing around it was nuts. I personally love unorthodox fighters like him and RJJ
Barrera just like Larry Holmes had one of the best off beat jabs I've ever seen. Also you should give credit to Marco for going from a Chavez style brawler to a Marquez type of technical boxer/puncher in just a couple of years. He was DEFINITELY NOT the same fighter that lost to Junior Jones.
@@bigboris5774 Hamed chose Barrera because they thought he was washed up. Morales didn’t duck Hamed. Hamed tried to cherry pick Barrera and got beat and exposed. Then he quit boxing.
@@selfmade8884 Marquez had on,y had like 32 fights, when this had happened and lost 2 of them, people act like Hamed ducked Marquez but nobody even knew who he was in the late 90s early 2000s
@@bigboris5774 Ok.......and Barrera had 3 losses when he fought hamed. Any of those three would have beat hamed. Hamed was a front runner who quit boxing the first time he faced adversity.
I loved MAB…those 2 fights with him and morales are probably the best fights I’ve ever seen. But hamed can take a hell of a punch and was humble afterwards….respect
I always felt that Prince Naseem should have rematched Barrera boxers lose but great fighters avenge those losses unfortunately this fight damaged Naseem psychologically which was a weakness in his mental fortitude he simply wasn't the same after as he couldn't comprehend that he lost!
A tale of Lomachenko vs Lopez would be great because it seemed to be a pivot from that little "transition era" between today's young talents and the time of Floyd and Pacquiao. Loma was dominating that brief transition period but Lopez came and shook everything up becoming arguably the youngest undisputed lightweight in history. Now Loma needs to get a title from these young fighters to get his name back in the conversation. The fight itself was pretty ass, but it was a big game changer
@No. Body Oscar definitely deserves top 5 over Canelo... I would personally put him at top 2. His pro resume and amateur background is one of the best in the entire history of boxing. Considering his pretty boy looks and marketability, he could’ve easily cherry picked his way around the most dangerous guys, but he chose to take the hardest fights even when he was well past his prime
I like all of your productions, but this is special, thanks! I always comment on this fight by saying: Citizens! Fire your therapist! Whenever life gets you down, watch this fight!!
I saw an interview Naz did about his friend Kell Brooks prior to his fight with GGG. All the extra weight Naz has put on must have affected his brain because he totally disrespected GGG. Kell is a good boxer but GGG is great and he proved it.
One of the best channels on youtube. I got into a argument with hancho on the gram and felt terrible. He is a good dude and has great content. Thanks for all the great boxing tale of the tape videos 😊👍
You look at Hamed's build, his chest and shoulders (3:04), and the man basically had the dimensions of a middleweight at 5'3" One of the hardest punchers pound for pound in boxing history
I always thought his back story showed him in a great light, he could have basically cruised through life but had the desire to be a fighter and not just a good fighter, a great of the time. Great production from hancho as per
Imagine how Hamed would look if after the loss he talked about various conspiracy theories like Barrera had his gloves loaded, or he that some1 spiked his water etc...
As a fight fan, I say "great video" for content and production, largely because this is one of my favorite all-time fights, but also because I appreciate any expression of an adept skill set and the work that goes into projects like these. As a musician, I say "DAMN that is some amazing soundtrack work!" Production value is a big bonus point for me in these kinds of videos, but actually taking time to create or find atmosphere with great music? That deserves far more recognition and appreciation than it gets. Because regardless of whether it's a case of talent or taste, creating or finding, those seemingly little things we often take for granted really add a ton to the message. Well done.
Barrera showed everyone that he worked so hard that night after getting put down by the media. But prince didn't work too hard, I guess that weight loss he had to do, but also because he thought the same Barrera against Jones was the one coming into the ring. Prime vs Prime. We NEVER usually see that in these higher weight classes, but they do happen in these lower weight classes from feather down to strawweight. Great as always hancho
I remember that fight like it was yesterday It was such a one sided ass kicking and I'm not going to lie I loved every second of it because Prince was so cocky and had that coming I knew Barrera was a much better technical fighter
Never got hit before this fight, and which is why he retired, knowing he was afraid of a re-match... Let alone face world class fighters like Morales or Marquez.
um.... that was so many things you left out. you never talked about how Emanuel Stewart didnt want Prince to fight Marquez or Morales, and not even Barrera at first, but especially not Marquez. You didnt talk about or show any footage of Prince training camp (there is footage, and even footage of when Emanuel arrives at the training camp like a few weeks before the camp) and Emanuel's disappointment with Prince train camp, and Emanuel admitting that Prince was not in shape at all for that fight.
This fight was when Barrera put aside the puncher brawler crowd pleasing style and said I'm going to use my superior boxing skills the world has not seen for some time and take mr hamed to school and completely show what pure boxing iq and determination will do to unorthodox fighting style in the squared circle, for us who followed boxing in this time frame, hamed was unbeatable and favored to get a k.o win , when Barrera shut him down it was a huge victory for us mexican boxing fans, respect to naseem a once in a lifetime type of fighter who accepted his loss like a true champion and gave Marco the nod of approval for a well executed game plan
Also, good they said in rerun views on HBO, it's in a banner at the top of screen that says " previously recorded April 2001" as the US was attacked on 9/11/2001....
I have to disagree. “If only he Never got too arrogant”. Because he kept the same “too arrogant” attitude for like 10-15 fights way before he fought Barrera. Barrera was just better prepared and he wasn’t. I also heard him mention hand problems
